On the Academy Awards: “During the Academy Awards, I was sleeping under painter’s plastic in a guest apartment with no plumbing, and I had to brush my teeth at Starbucks.”

On dealing with tabloids: “I don’t need some tabloid running off with something just because I got drunk some night and showed my ass to the bartender.”

On staying true to himself: “My plan isn’t to be able to do what I want to do when I want to do it, and not because I have to. I call it my ‘pull-chute’ plan. That’s a military thing, you know … time to pull chute, like, time to kind of float and enjoy the view.”